Michael Keenan (Stirling, Liberal Party, Minister for Justice) Share this | Hansard source

Because the opposition knows nothing about gun regulation, I will give them a very quick guide. The states and territories classify guns in Australia according to their legality. We do that based on the advice we get from our law enforcement agencies. The Commonwealth controls the importation of guns. Of course on all matters in relation to this, on all matters in relation to the conversations that we had with Senator Leyonhjelm, I have been very up-front about what happened. He obviously has a different view about it, but the government's position has been entirely consistent.

On the question about my interaction with the Prime Minister's office in relation to this: we interacted in the usual way by keeping the Prime Minister's office appraised of what was going on.

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